Electric and acoustic bass player Gavin Scott studied on a scholarship at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston MA, and became the first recipient of the Quincy Jones Award for Musicianship in 1992. Early in his career he was in the resident dance band at the Hammersmith Palais: "Cold Water Morning", which spawned musicians such as Trevor Horn and Anne Dudley. This was followed by residencies on the QE2 and at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club, working alongside names such as Earth Wind & Fire, Liza Minnelli, Rod Stewart and Elton John, playing for many of the crowned heads of Europe, as well as celebrities from Shirley Bassey to Roger Moore. He has performed with artists as diverse as Billy Eckstine, The Trammps and Björn Again, with several Top of the Pops appearances, including Take That, Alex Party and Perfecto Allstarz. He has toured Europe and the USA, performing at many major festivals, opening for James Brown at V'98 and playing to a crowd of 100,000 at Belfast's Millennium celebrations. He is musical director to singer/songwriter Lauren Field; touring Germany and playing venues around the UK including the Royal Albert Hall. He has recently been performing with Touch and Go in Russia, Poland and Moldova.